Graduate. Johnny is my given name. America is my nation. The schoolhouse is my learning place. Johnny is my given name. America is my nation. Thats a rhyme children used to scribble in their schoolbooks a long time ago, a time when the school was built, a time when we were proud of being educated. Through the years, weve lost some of that pride, taken our education for granted, have even grown neglectful. All around us, things have been changing. We have gone from the one horse shade to the space satellite, and now, suddenly, schools have a lot to do with National Security and our survival. Now, theres trouble. And we realize that the trouble is with brains and training and technology. So, in 1957, a lot of americans began to take their schools a little more seriously. This is a report on American Schools in 1957, what they did, what they didnt do. What they needed and what they did not need. Office ofport by the education in washington. My name is alan edwards. Heres the man who is ma
Johnny is my given name. Thats a rhyme children used to scribble in their schoolbooks a long time ago, a time when the school was built, a time when we were proud of being educated. Through the years, weve lost some of that pride, taken our education for granted, and even grown the glut for neglectful. All around us, things have been changing. We have gone from the one horse shade to the space satellite, and now schools have a lot to do with National Security and our survival. Now theres trouble. And we realize the trouble is with brains and training and technology. Americans7, a lot of began to take their schooling other more seriously. This is a report on american 57, in 1957, what they did, what they didnt do. My name is alan edwards. Heres the man who is making this report, United States commissioner of education, lawrence g. You know, americans are used to doing things in a big way. We have some pretty Huge Enterprises in this country. And one of the biggest of them all involves c
[applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] you are watching American History tv. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. All American News brings you our peoples contribution to america and freedom. Happy birthday to you. That is what it says. The occasion is the 100th birthday of mrs. Lucy berry smith of louisville, kentucky, and the 15th Memorial Ame Zion Church is the scene. Mrs. Smith makes a wish and blows out 100 candles in three puffs. Her grandson gets the first slice of the lovely cake. Pictured are the gracious ladys immediate family. That night, there was a section with her and hundreds of pounds townspeople attending. She has lived in louisville since 1865. May she have many more birthdays is everybodys wish. Yes, just 100 years young. The atlanta daily world and the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association f
A very one have calling of the all right. I going ahead and kicking things off. Thank you for coming to the violent in u. S. Politics panel. I think you will see this as a timely panel and a good time to put these topics into the context of a broader American History. I will start off by introducing our panel and then everyone will give an Opening Statement and we will start the conversation. Sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history at Duke University who holds a phd in two from Duke University. Author of captives of liberty, which will be released this fall. In thepublished articles journal of the early republic, the journal of early American History. And he is working on a project provisionally titled, patrick henrys war. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19th century historian at wellesley college. , out from University Pennsylvania press, provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the use of violence on black activists. Of coeditor and was featured i
Johnny is my given name. Narrator thats a rhyme children used to scribble in their schoolbooks a long time ago, a time when the school was built, a time when we were proud of being educated. Through the years, weve lost some of that pride, taken our education for granted, and even grown the glut for neglectful. All around us, things have been changing. We have gone from the one horse shade to the space satellite, and now schools have a lot to do with National Security and our survival. Now theres trouble. And we realize the trouble is with brains and training and technology. So, in 1957, a lot of americans began to take their schooling other more seriously. This is a report on American Schools in 1957, what they did, what they didnt do. My name is alan edwards. Heres the man who is making this report, United States commissioner of education, lawrence g. You know, americans are used to doing things in a big way. We have some pretty Huge Enterprises in this country. And one of the bigges